August 30, 2024 – The Federal Trade Commission will require security camera firm Verkada to develop and implement a comprehensive information security program to settle allegations the company failed to use appropriate information security practices, which allowed a hacker to access customers’ security cameras. Under a proposed order, which must be approved by a federal…
Daniel Payne, Ben Leonard, and Chelsea Cirruzzo report: THE LIABILITY QUESTION — State lawmakers, concerned by what they consider to be overreaching class-action lawsuits against health care organizations over data breaches, are moving to curb liability for them, Ben reports. Tennessee is the latest in a string of states to move to reduce liability for organizations that adopt…
Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
The Sun reports: The government is planning to amend the Personal Data Protection Act of 2010 to include breach notification requirements that compel companies to inform authorities when a data breach happens in commercial transactions, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo. Gobind said his ministry proposes to table the amendment at the next sitting of…
The Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued the following statement on May 23 about a case that raises issues of transparency and claims of privileged information: LifeLabs has announced that it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling upholding the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario…
Washington D.C., May 22, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that The Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) agreed to pay a $10 million penalty to settle charges that it caused the failure of nine wholly-owned subsidiaries, including the New York Stock Exchange, to timely inform the SEC of a cyber intrusion as required…